Learn how to combine teas with sweet and savory foods for a snack in the office or with friends

First of all, know some advice that can facilitate this process:

The taste of tea should not stand out from that of food

The less rusty or fermented tea, such as green tea and infusions (chamomile and mint tea, for example), the better the combination with light foods, such as salads, simple cakes and low acid fruits.

• Already the black tea, which has an intense and full-bodied flavor, goes well with sweets, chocolates and dishes with remarkable flavors.

• The question of similarity or contrast, applied in the harmonization of wines, also applies to teas. Similarity consists of combining sweet flavors with more sweet teas, just as bitter items can be tastier with bitter foods. And the contrast is just mixing the flavors: sweet with bitter.

• Black tea

• Black tea is the most full-bodied of all and therefore very associated with stronger flavors. It's no wonder that many people love to combine it with chocolate. In fact, everything based on this remarkable flavor ingredient goes well with black tea.

Another very popular - and delicious - option is to drink black tea, complementing an afternoon snack with dried fruits, nuts, nuts and other oilseeds. It is worth remembering that Lipton offers three options in this line: black tea, bergamot and floral bergamot.

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• quiches and other dishes with cheeses with stronger flavors
• dried fruit and oil seeds
• sandwiches with red meat such as roast beef
• cheese bread

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Green tea

Black tea as green tea are strong and with more bitter palates, but the green is a little softer because the plant has been oxidized for less time. In the Lipton line, green tea is found in four options: classic, orange and passion fruit, mint and red berries.

This variety greatly influences the harmonization with snacks. Using the rule of flavor combinations (sweet with sweet, bitter with bitter or contrasting sweet to bitter), it is possible to harmonize green tea with a sweeter taste precisely because of the presence of fruit.

An unbeatable tip is to combine tea green with what it comes together, such as green tea with mint with a refreshing fruit salad. While green tea with red fruits goes very well with a lemon cake (the acid of the lemon contrasts with the sweetness of the red fruits).

• Tip of snacks to match your green tea:
• ricotta sandwich with apple green tea with orange and passion fruit
• fruit salad (green tea with mint)
• lemon cake (green tea flavored with red fruit)
• yogurt cake

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Infusions

Infusions have a more delicate taste and, therefore, it is necessary to redouble the care so that the food does not stand out on the palate. Lipton's options are: chamomile, camomile and honey, lemon and ginger, red berries and mint.

An irresistible combination is to harmonize sweet flavors with palatable foods, such as a fruit cake with fruit tea red. Or again, a delicious fruit salad with mint infusion.

And it is worth using the imagination to abuse the combinations. One idea that Lipton wants to give you is to use a delicious fruit skewer, like grilled pineapple peppered with cinnamon, for example, to stir your tea. Another possibility to enhance the flavor of the tea is to put raspinhas of the bark of a sicilian lemon in the infusion of lemon with ginger.

• Snacks to combine with infusions:
• fruit cakes
• jams
• breads with jellies
• sweeter biscuits
• creamy sweets , such as mousses (especially those with fruits in between the ingredients)

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